Models of Liberation in West Africa Professor Ware and Mustafa Briggs

Mustafa Briggs speaks to Professor Rudolph Ware, author of the 'Walking Quran', about models of liberation in West Africa. They talk about the West African approach towards power and religion, and consider the diverse response of the ulama to the challenges presented by the transatlantic slave trade and European colonialism. They also discuss how racist colonial policies had the unintended effect of preserving sufism and traditional Islam in the region.

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Models of Liberation in West Africa Professor Ware and Mustafa Briggs is an episode from Sacred Footsteps - The Podcast by Sacred Footsteps.

This episode is 01:32:26 long.

This episode was published on Jun 26, 2020.

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